Sullivan
Birthplace of the Seventh Day Adventist Church
Washington, NH
In April 1842, a group of citizens in this town banded together to form 'the first Christian Society.
Capt. John W. Gunnison
Goshen, NH
Born November 11, 1812, in Old Center Goshen, this rugged individualist attended Hopkinton (N.H.) Academy and taught school in a nearby...
Charlestown, New Hampshire Home Town of Carlton E. "Pudge" Fisk
Charlestown, NH
Carlton attended Charlestown schools, starring in basketball, soccer and baseball at Charlestown High School.
Cornish Meetinghouse
Cornish, NH
Built in 1803 as the First Baptist Church in the geographic center of town, the Cornish Meetinghouse was moved to the more populated mill...
Cornish-Windsor Bridge
Cornish, NH
Built in 1866 at the cost of $9,000, this is the longest wooden bridge in the United States and the longest two-span covered bridge in...
First Roman Catholic Church
Claremont, NH
Southerly on Old Church Road is located the first Roman Catholic edifice in New Hampshire.
Fort at No. 4
Charlestown, NH
In 1744 the settlers at No. 4 (now Charlestown) built a great log fort enclosing many of the town's dwellings.
General John Stark's expedition to Bennington – August 1777
Charlestown, NH
To impede a British invasion from Canada into eastern New York, the New Hampshire legislature, on July 19, 1777, commissioned John Stark...
Historic Handshake
Claremont, NH
On June 11, 1995, President William Jefferson Clinton and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich met at the Invitation of the Congress of...
Joel Mc Gregor – Last Surviving Soldier of the Revolution
Newport, NH
Born in Enfield, Conn.
Kimball Union Academy
Plainfield, NH
This school, known first as Union Academy, was chartered June 16, 1813 'to train young men for leadership in the ministry.
Lighting up Rural New Hampshire
Lempster, NH
On nearby Allen Road on December 4, 1939, the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative set its first utility pole, an important event in...
Noyes Academy
Canaan, NH
Chartered in 1834 by Samuel Noyes and other Canaan citizens, it was the first-known upper-level co-ed school in the US open to African...
Salmon Portland Chase
Cornish, NH
In this house was born Salmon P. Chase, U.S. Senator from Ohio (1849–1855), Governor of Ohio (1855–1859), a founder of the Republican...
The Cornish Colony
Cornish, NH
The Cornish Colony (1885-1935) was a group of artists, sculptors, writers, journalists, poets, and musicians who joined the sculptor...
Union Church
Claremont, NH
Located easterly on Old Church Road, this wood-frame structure, built in 1771-1773, is the oldest standing Episcopal church in the State,...
Winston Churchill 1871–1947
Cornish, NH
American author of best-selling novels, such as 'Coniston', written between 1898-1941 and partly based upon actual experience in New...